Coldplay's "Music of the Spheres World Tour" set what record?
Answermost-attended tour ever
It also became the first tour by a group (rather than a solo artist) to gross over $1 billion.
Source: Wikipedia (2024) en.wikipedia.org
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Event facts & stats
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Going deeper
About how much revenue did the concert touring industry lose worldwide in 2020 because of the pandemic, according to Pollstar?
Answermore than $30 billion
Nearly all major tours were cancelled or postponed that year as venues shut down worldwide.
Source: Wikipedia, citing Pollstar (2020) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
About how much did Elton John's farewell tour, running from 2018 to 2023, gross in total?
Answerabout $939 million
That five-year farewell run ranks among the highest-grossing tours ever, just short of $1 billion.
Source: Wikipedia (2023) en.wikipedia.org
About how much did Ed Sheeran's ÷ (Divide) Tour gross overall?
Answerabout $776.2 million
It ran for 255 shows and remains one of the highest-grossing solo tours of all time.
Source: Wikipedia (2019) en.wikipedia.org
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